The Blacklist

Chapter 378 Elizabeth's Big Doubt
After looking at the scene, there were no new clues for a while, so the three of them had to return to the city and stay in a hotel to sort out their thoughts. After thinking for a long time, Elizabeth couldn't help but call Carrie.

After listening to her narration, Carrie was a little moved and couldn't help but said: "Liz, use your little head to think about it, since you think this case was done by a copycat, what is his purpose?

“Who was this deceased person and why was he killed?

“As for the sword, you can already tell it’s a finished product. Which factory or company produced it?

“Through what channel did you buy it? Who is the consignee?

"There are so many doubts, haven't you thought of them?"

In order to show that she was not having a private affair with Carrie, Elizabeth had put the phone on speakerphone. When she heard the series of words coming from the phone, she blushed, and Nawabi and Demby next to her also became embarrassed - to be honest, the three of them are equally stupid!
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The next morning, Elizabeth led a search of the victim Sivers' home with local FBI agents and state police, and found a small forge in the garage in the backyard. There were many handmade swords on the workbench next to it... According to this analysis, Sivers should be the "Capricorn Killer"!
Later, they found a small locked room behind the garage. After breaking in, they found the shrines of the seven victims, as well as the eighth one with the marks still wet, on which was clearly written "Capricorn Killer" Sivers!

Seeing this scene, everyone present thought of a question: under the premise that the FBI and the police have never announced the details of the relevant case to the public, there are only two possibilities for this situation. One is that the new killer learned all the details from the "Capricorn Killer", and the other is that the new killer works in a law enforcement agency that has access to this case!

Elizabeth panicked and called Carrie again immediately...

"Don't panic!" Carrie said, "Have you forgotten what I told you? Go check the origin of the sword in this case!"
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Soon, Nawabi found out that the industrial sword stuck in Sivers' mouth was purchased anonymously on the Internet, and the seller only knew the courier delivery address.

Elizabeth, Nawabi and Dumby led their men to the scene and found that it was a warehouse facing the street. After rushing in, they saw an operating table in the middle of the warehouse. A man was tied to the table with his hands and feet dismembered and died. A dark shadow flashed by the back door. Dumby chased after it but lost track of the target.

After investigating the dead body in the warehouse, Elizabeth discovered that he was also an unsolved serial killer. His modus operandi was to dismember his victims. He has never been brought to justice, and this time he was "retaliated against his own ways"!

The emergence of this situation made Elizabeth and Nawabi feel that something was wrong - based on the analysis of the two murders that had been discovered, the murderer obviously could not be an ordinary person. Not only did he have access to confidential internal information, he also had the ability to find the suspect and use his own method to retaliate. Was this using violence to uphold justice?
If it was a few years ago, Elizabeth would naturally not approve of this behavior, but now, she inexplicably felt a sense of relief, and even admired this person's operation method! However, there is still a bottom line of professional ethics telling her: This is wrong! ——
Carrie, who was drinking tea in the Washington Post Office, received a call from Elizabeth, "Lee, I feel a little uneasy about this matter!" "Oh, what's going on? Tell me!" Carrie said in surprise.

After more than ten minutes, Elizabeth finally explained what had happened and her own judgment. Finally, she said, "Lee, I think there is something wrong with my values..."

After listening to her story, Carrey was a little speechless. Isn't this a good thing? This girl still hasn't figured it out! So he said, "Liz, you are a little biased in thinking about this matter... How about this, you bring Nawabi and Dunby back first, hand the case over to the CTU Pennsylvania Bureau, and we will have a good talk after you come back."

Elizabeth thought there was something wrong with her thinking, but she believed in Carrie's words very much, so she immediately obeyed the order, handed over the case, and rushed back to Washington with Nawabi and Demby.
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After returning to the post office, Elizabeth had calmed down. After meeting Carrie, she did not hide her thoughts and told him her views on the case. In the end, she firmly believed that the new killer was an insider of the law enforcement department, and she was particularly suspicious of the FBI agents! However, she had doubts about the justice of this matter. She wondered if she had to find the murderer behind the scenes to uphold justice?
Kerry did not comment on her statement, but just said: "Liz, since you have your own judgment, just follow this direction to investigate. As for how to deal with the results after the investigation, we can leave it for the end..."

Elizabeth was a little happy. She felt that Carrie could understand her, so she boldly said a guess: "Lee, you know, I just thought that if we only look at the case of the 'Capricorn Killer' itself, the most worried people in the law enforcement department are probably the FBI profilers, because this serial killer with obvious characteristics has left us with no clues for eight years. This is simply an insult...

"Oh, I got it!" At this point, she suddenly jumped up, "Lee, I have reason to believe that the murderer this time is very likely a profiler!"

Kerry smiled. This girl seemed to have found the right way. She asked, "Then how do you want to check?"

Elizabeth thought for a moment and said, "The FBI headquarters has a special psychological counseling office, which contains the psychological evaluation reports of all profilers. I want to see it and screen the suspects from it..."

"That's good. It's good to have a goal." Carrie expressed her support. "I will contact the FBI headquarters in the name of CTU and get the information you need. I will check it carefully. Even if there is no result, it is equivalent to our cross-departmental review and supervision!"
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That afternoon, Elizabeth took the official documents issued by Carrie to the FBI headquarters in the DOJ Administration Building and brought back a copy of the personal files and psychological assessment reports of 232 profilers currently working in the five regions and those who had left within eight years. Then, she started to review them based on her professional knowledge.

In order to ensure that her work would not be disturbed, Kerry specifically called everyone at SER and took over other work at SER. He really wanted to see where Elizabeth's work limit was and whether she could find the key information and solve the puzzle.
(End of this chapter)